Aeschylus Libation Bearers 1010

Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator)

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Did he or did he not do it? but this vest bears witness to me that the sword of Aegisthus stained it. The stain of the gore too coincides with the time [of the deed,] damaging the various hues of the embroidery. Now I praise him 3
, now upon the spot I bemoan him; and addressing his vestment, that wrought my father's fall, I grieve for the offences and the suffering, and the entire family, having the unenviable pollutions of this victory which I have achieved.

Libation Bearers. Aeschylus. Theodore Alois Buckley (Translator). London. 1849.

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The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) (English) (The Libation Bearers. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (6)
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 1010 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 1010 focus
ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΧΟΗΦΟΡΟΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1010 focus
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 1010 focus
ἔδρασεν ἢ οὐκ ἔδρασε; μαρτυρεῖ δέ μοι
φᾶρος τόδ᾽, ὡς ἔβαψεν Αἰγίσθου ξίφος.
φόνου δὲ χηκὶς ξὺν χρόνῳ ξυμβάλλεται,
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πολλὰς βαφὰς φθείρουσα τοῦ ποικίλματος.
νῦν αὐτὸν αἰνῶ, νῦν ἀποιμώζω παρὼν
πατροκτόνον θ᾽ ὕφασμα προσφωνῶν τόδε
Χοηφόροι (OCR draft) Experimental (Χοηφόροι. Martin L. West, 1990.) — 1010 focus
Aeschyli Choephori (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Choephori. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 1010 focus
Translations (7)
LES CHOÉPHORES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES CHOÉPHORES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 1010 focus
terrible!
The Choephoræ (OCR draft) Experimental (The Choephoræ. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 1010 focus
Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, Le Coefore: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 1010 focus
Uccise o non uccise? Ecco la prova:
questo mantello cui d'Egisto il ferro
la tinta die'. La macchia della strage
s'accorda al tempo: assai corroso è il ricco
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variar dei colori. Ora m'esalto,
ed ora gemo, e parlo a questo peplo
che uccise il padre; e colpe io piango, e pene.
e la progenie tutta. E la vittoria
mi contamina sí, che niun m'invidia!
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Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Choephori: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 1010 focus
Cædis uerò fructus cum tempore conducet,
Multas tincturas corrumpens textura.
Nunc ipſum laudo, nunc lugeo præſens,
Parricidamq; texturam uocans hanc
Doleo quidem propter opus, affectum eſt genus omne.
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Non æmulanda huius uictoriæ habeo piacula.
Nullus mortalium innocuam uitam per omnia ignominioſus
Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Die Totenspende: German translation. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1919–1923.) — 1010 focus
War sie auch schuldig? Wirklich schuldig? Das
Gewand
bezeugt es. Diese Stelle hat Aigisthos' Dolch
gefärbt. Der Blutfleck, der des Purpurs Glanz zerstört,
1313 ist alt, so alt wie ihr Verbrechen. Damals war
ich ahnungslos, sie hielten mich der Heimat fern.
1314 Jetzt steh' ich hier, begreif' es, jetzt bewein' ich es,
1015 und blick' ich hin auf meines Vaters Mordgewand,
dann kommen mir die Schmerzen der Erinnerung
an mein Geschlecht, an alles, was es that und litt,
und meines Sieges Blutschuld fällt mir schwer aufs
Herz.
English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1889, second edition) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, The Libation-Bearers — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 1010 focus
Did she the deed or not? this robe gives proof,
Imbrued with blood that bathed Ægisthus' sword:
Look, how the spurted stain combines with time
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To blur the many dyes that once adorned
Its pattern manifold! I now stand here,
Made glad, made sad with blood, exulting, wailing—
Hear, thou woven web that slew my sire!
I grieve for deed and death and all my home—
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Victor, pollution's damnèd stain for prize.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1854; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylos. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1854. Native Donner line citations, Smyth card correspondence, selected textual readings and metrical facsimiles. Remaining OCR differences and unattributed reading notes are documented in the linked review inventory.) — 1010 focus
Hat sie's verschuldet oder nicht? Bezeugt es mir
Doch dies Gewand hier, das Aegisthos' Schwert gefärbt!
Noch hat die Zeit des Mordes Flecken nicht getilgt,
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Der dieses Purpurs farbenreiche Pracht entweiht.
Bald preis' ich selber meine That, bald jammr' ich laut,
Und rede dieses Mordgespinnst des Vaters an.
Graunvoll befleckt durch dieses Sieges blut'ge Schuld,
Beklag' ich meine That, mein Leid, mein ganzes Haus!
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Commentary

Critical apparatus to The Libation Bearers (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of The Libation Bearers.) focus

176. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-104

ψαύσει In G. Ald. quum praecedens versus Electrae tribuatur, huic chori nota adscripta est.
ψαύσει
, supra adscripto ab alia manu
η
, M.
ψαύσει
Turn.
ψαύσῃ
G. Ald. Rob.
176

177. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-105

προςέστη ... καρδίᾳ Transtulit hinc quaedam in Electram Sophocles a v. 902.
προσέστη
M. Rob.
πρόσεστι
G. Turn.
προςέπι
Ald. Deinde libri
καρδίας
. Scholiastes
κίνησις τῆς χολῆς τῆς κατ' αὐτόν
(
αὐτήν
Blomfieldius). Scribendum est, ut Stanleius sive potius Scaliger vidit,
καρδίᾳ
.
177

178. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-106

ἐπαίσθην
ἐπαίσθην
Canterus.
ἐπαίθην
M. G. Ald. Rob. In M. G. ad hunc versum adscriptum est hoc scholion,
ὡς βέλει ἐκρούσθην ἐξ ἐναντίας τιτρώσκοντι
. Ei scholio in editione Robortelliana lemma praefixum est, quod M. G. non habent,
ἐπώσθην
. Id receperunt Turn. Vict. διανταίῳ Deinde
διαλαίῳ
codex Robortelli, quod Robortellus probare se dicit: edidit tamen e Sophiani emendatione
διανταίῳ
. Et habent
διανταίῳ
M. et ceteri.
178

179. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-107

δίψιοι Schützius
διψίων
. Quod libri habent,
δίψιοι
, scholiastes in eandem sententiam interpretatur,
πρώην ἄγευστοι. ὡς δίψιον Ἄργος, τὸ ποτὲ ἄνυδρον
. Si Electra sibi, ut malis adsuetae, lacrimas exaruisse diceret, pluribus verbis uteretur. Verior est igitur alia interpretatio, quae in M. G. illud scholion antecedit,
ποθειναί μοι
. Nam
δίψιοι
sunt plenae desiderii. Desideraverat Electra Orestem.
179

Wecklein’s commentary on Choephoroi / Libation Bearers (1888; German; OCR draft) (Explanatory commentary, pp. 163–234; single HW42J8 OCR witness, conservatively retained. Unresolved OCR and provisional reference mappings are explicitly marked.) focus

83-582. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-38

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erstes Epeisodion, geteilt durch einen Kommos (305— 476). Anagnorismos und Vorbereitung der Rache.

176. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-94

2
μῶν .. ᾖ wie μὴ ᾖ (Krüger I 54, 8, 13), am Ende ist es u. s. w. μῶν οὖν wie Eur. Androm. 82 u. a.

179. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg006-wecklein1888-com-ger1-95

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ἔπεμψε, welches im Gegensatz zu μολείν steht, ist zu betonen. κουρίμην χάριν πατρός (als Liebesgabe von abgeschnittenen Haaren für den Vater) wie 4tos εὐκταίαν χάριν Ag. 1386 .